Former US Special Counsel Jack Smith takes his seat before the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2026. The committee is holding the hearing to question Smith about the investigations that led to Donald Trump being charged with conspiring to overturn the 2020 election and obstruct the peaceful transfer of power, and with unlawfully retaining classified documents while blocking efforts to recover them. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

FILE - Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

President Donald Trump, from right, and first lady Melania Trump attend a tea with China's President Xi Jinping, from left, and his wife Peng Liyuan in the Red Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, from left, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, John Jovanovic, chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa., listen as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump makes an announcement on steel in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 28, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 28: White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles leaves a meeting with Republican Senators in the office of Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) at the U.S. Capitol Building on September 28, 2026 in Washington, DC. Senators will return to Capitol Hill for one more week before breaking for the midterm elections. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)